Snap-fastener.



E. N. HUMPHRBY. SNAP PASTBNBR.

APPLICATION FILED APB..28, 1913.

1,094,333, Patented Apr-.21, 1914.

W /yzkyi ERNEST N. HUMPHREY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED STATES FASTENER COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

SNAP-FASTENER.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST N. HUM- rI-IREY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Snap-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fasteners, and more particularly to snap fasteners of the type having a socket member provided with resilient fingers adapted to pass through the material and thereafter to be turned over into holding contact with the material (or with a washer) and to form an annular resilient stud-holding edge or rim adapted yieldingly to hold a solid stud.

The object of my invention is to provide a socket member of this general type wherein eiective provision is made for anchoring the socket member to the material and preventing its rotation. As is well known to persons familiar with the snap fastener art, rotation of the socket member in these fasteners is very detrimental; first, because it tends t0 loosen and weaken the fastener and to prevent easy insertion and disloc gment of the stud as the parts wear and loosen in use; and second, because the cap of the fastener is usually provided with ornamentation, such as a monogram or other trade mark, and it is commercially essential that such ornamentation shall always be in its proper upright position. While this latter consideration may appear unimportant to persons unfamiliar with the trade, yet commercially it is of great importance; for the manufacturers of gloves, Suspenders, etc., who are among the largest users of snap fasteners, insist upon fasteners having nonrotatable caps upon which their trade marks will always be properly displayed so that the goods may be readily recognized as their product.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate an embodiment of my invention,-I `ig ures 1 and 9. are respectively a side elevation and a sectional view of my improved socket member; Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views taken on a plane at right angles to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively; Fig. 5 is a bottom view of my improved socket member; Fig. 6 is a sectional view of my improved Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 28, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

serial No. 763,961.

Socket member attached to material; Fig. 7 is a similar view taken on a plane at right angles to Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a stud suitable for use with my improved socket member.

'Ihe socket member is preferably made of a single piece of metal, cut, stamped and shaped by suitable tools or instruments into the form shown in the drawings. It consists essentially of a cap A provided with a plurality of projecting, resilient fingers or arms A having spurs or barbs A2 located therebetween. Preferably the lingers or arms A are pointed and pressed inward at or near their free ends to permit them readily to pass through a relatively small opening in the material.

In securing the socket member to the material, the fingers or arms A are passed downward through a suitable hole in the material, and preferably through a washer B disposed on its opposite side. Then by the use of suitable tools the socketJ member and washer are brought together with the material therebetween and the free ends of the fingers or arms A are turned over into holding contact with the washer, thus forming a resilient stud-holding rim or edge and firmly attaching the member to the material. It will be apparent that when the socket member and washer are thus brought together upon the material, the barbs or spurs A2 enter the latter and anchor the socket member, preventing its rotation at all times and particularly as the turned-over edges of the fingers A wear and loosen in use.

I claim A socket member of a snap fastener pair, comprising a cap provided with resilient arms adapted to be bent over to form a resilient, stud-holding rim and to secure said member to the material, and barbs located between said arms adapted to enter the material to prevent rotation of said socket member.

Signed by me at New Britain, Connecticut, this 16th day of April 1913.

ERNEST N. HUMPI-IREY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR WV. ANDERSON, W. J. VORAM, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

